I once had a boyfriend who was quite the dominant and you should have SEEN the power struggles we engaged in!

I mean, I’m not one to monopolize the action in the bedroom.

No.

I take suggestions.

Just like you’d want an eager lover to take suggestions.

I mean hey, if you can IMPROVE upon the experience we’re having right now, then I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

So please, share.

That said, I recently noticed (as I was assembling my Burning Man outfits) that I have an unusually LARGE collections of collars.

Like TWENTY THREE to be exact!

I mean, is that a lot for a woman who considers herself non-submissive?

Cuz it seems like a lot.

One day, I’m going to buy myself a collar with my bedroom nickname on it and then I’ll have TWO DOZEN collars.

I can’t tell you what my nickname is (it’s not Bombshell) because my birth mom reads this blog and I literally can’t stomach the idea of eating dinner with her knowing that she knows what I like to be called in bed.

Whew!

I’m sticking them all here so that when you see them, in their entirety, you too will be struck by how SUBMISSIVE my wardrobe is.

Almost two and a half years ago I participated in Burning Man for the first time.

As is my usual habit, I spent A LOT of time planning and prepping.

I carefully reviewed every Burning Man Essentials list and incorporated all the items I was missing into my growing inventory.

In the end, I had 16 bins full of gear.

I may have gone overboard, but let me tell you, I was PREPARED.

Sunblock for my hair?

Check.

Essentials oils for my face mask?

Check.

Ridiculous now to think about them, but at the time I thought they were ESSENTIAL.

Needless to say, I spent a lot of time looking online for fashion guidance.

Self expression is BIG at Burning Man.

I was totally disappointed to find that 99.9% of the representations of women at Burning Man include slim women only.

Where are my thick girls? My curvy ladies?

I could find no representation of women on the playa for women OVER A SIZE 12.

What up?!

I began to wonder if I’d be the only thick girl on the playa.

Of course, that turned out to not be the case, but it still bothers me to this day that the diversity that exists on the playa is not captured by playa photographers.

And, of course, I had to remedy the situation not just by posting my playa photos on the internet, but also by creating a Pinterest board with fashion inspiration for the curvy lady planning to go to the playa.

I carefully reviewed every Burning Man Essentials list and incorporated all the items I was missing into my growing inventory.

In the end, I had 16 bins full of gear.

I may have gone overboard, but let me tell you, I was PREPARED.

Sunblock for my hair?

Check.

Essentials oils for my face mask?

Check.

Ridiculous now to think about them, but at the time I thought they were ESSENTIAL.

Needless to say, I spent a lot of time looking online for fashion guidance.

Self expression is BIG at Burning Man.

I was totally disappointed to find that 99.9% of the representations of women at Burning Man include slim women only.

Where are my thick girls? My curvy ladies?

I could find no representation of women on the playa for women OVER A SIZE 12.

What up?!

I began to wonder if I’d be the only thick girl on the playa.

Of course, that turned out to not be the case, but it still bothers me to this day that the diversity that exists on the playa is not captured by playa photographers.

And, of course, I had to remedy the situation not just by posting my playa photos on the internet, but also by creating a Pinterest board with fashion inspiration for the curvy lady planning to go to the playa.